manus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • hand
  • (figuratively) bravery, valor
  • (figuratively) violence, fighting
  • (metonymically) handwriting
  • a side, part, faction
  • a stake (in dice)
  • a thrust with a sword
  • paw of an animal
  • trunk of an elephant
  • branch of a tree
  • (military) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
  • group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
  • labor
  • power, might
  • (legal) legal power of a man over his wife
  • (legal) an arrest
  • group of people
  • band

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *manus inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥, *mh₂-én-, *méh₂r̥.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*méh₂-r̥, *mh₂-én-, *méh₂r̥

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